The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-09

not trace OF color anywhere, save in the rare
glass and china and the flowers and fruit on the
Widespread table,"
BELvA LOCKWOOD has returned to her law
office at Washington after short vacation. She
says she will not be a candidate for President in
1888 il Mrs Cleveland will accept the nomna-
ton. Under the circumstances it seems likely
that Mrs Lockwood will run again.
QUEEN VICTORIA is mourning the death of
her old nurse. Miss Skerritt. who recently
passed away at the mature age Of ninety-four
Miss Skerritt had seen service under Queens
Charlotte and Adelaide, and mad nursed Queen
Victoria. the Prince Of Wales and other royal
children
Mrs. SAMUEL. HAss, of New York, who is now
at the Clarendon Hotel. Saratoga. hands $50. 600
worth of diamonds to the hotel clerk for
safe-keeping every night She wears them in
safe places every day. but is afraid to keep them
In her room at night. This Is what some women
call enjoying lfe
IN a letter read by General Darlington at the
colored veterans reunion at Boston. John G.
Whittier said: II am almost the last of the old
anti-slavery company. OF the sixty three sign
OF the original declaration of the American
Anti-slavery Society in 1893 Robert Purvis of
Philadelphia and myself alone left"
SARAH BERNHARDT's object in making pet
of tiger cat has at length been made public. 1t
is announced in the Partisan papers that the
tiger is most intelligent animal and has learned
to tell creditor it sees one. 1t is
further remarked that the tiger is generally at
large in Nine. Bernhardt's drawing room
THE drivers of icecarts in New York wax
wealthy twelve dollars week, according to
reported admissions made by one of the guild
Twelve ounces pound to tLeir employees Gus
toners after receiving full complement from
the houses and selling the remainder TO their
own circle OF buyers is the secret of the game.
ELLA A WARD, a sister of Fannie Louise
Buckingham. lives at Towson. Md. She owns
sixteen houses, some lime klns and quarr;es in
Texas and a livery-stable in Baltimore. all of
which she oversees and directs herself. Her
father lately undertook to interfere with her
business, whereupon she promptly enjoined him.
SARAH BERNHARDT, having carried home $780,
900 freucs from the two Americas, has cheered
her creditors with hopes that their bills will be
paid. This sum is exclusive Of an enormous ar
ray of bric-a -brac-and the wildcat Always
practical, Sarah purposes to exhibit her colec-
ton, at 20 francs admission. for the benefit of
the orphans of dramatic artists. Only gold will
be received, to be dropped in the skull of
tediluvian man-one of Dona Soils choicest SOU
venrs Of America
Col JOHN Fl. PIERCE, who lives at Plantsvile,
little manufacturing town in New England, on
the New Haven e Northampton road is prepar-
ing to astonish the world by his inventive
genius. He claims that he has proved the prac-
ticability of establishing passenger traffic be-
tween this country and England by means of
pneumatic tubes placed under the ocean. He
thinks that in the future man will be able to
breakfast in New York and take lunch in Lon
DON All that Pierce needs to establish his in
vention, SO he says, is money. But we regret to
note in the pictures Of inventor Pierce slight
resem blance to Charles j. Guiteau.
ALFRED KRUPP often used to say sMan will
only find rest after the soul is freed from the
body" The illustrious iron worker and gun
maker died hard and lingering death For
years the thought of having to depart ere all his
great plans were carried out oppressed him.. All
the leading of the medical profession in
Germany in turn attended HIM, but their art
vainly endeavored to keep the sinking organism
alive. The last of the number the Iron
Chancellor's physician, DR.. Schweninger, who
within the last few months visited the gradually
failing man once week It is recorded that
few days before his death Herr Krupp said to
him. MY dear doctor, make me live ten years
longer and will gladly give you million"
RECENT weather article in the New York
Herald says that the indications of the approach
of hurricane barometer above the normal,
with cool, dry, clear weather. increase of cirrus
clouds, and changes reversals Of the
usual conditions of wind and weather. Then
when the wind dies away the barometer will be-
to fall slowly, with moist, srltry weather
The wind will spring up from an opposite point
of the compass and fresnen gradually. The null
eolying of the cirrus clouds is one of the surest
signs A dark red or fiery appearance of the sky
also indicates that the cyclone is not far away.
With these signs and a calm oppressive atmos-
phere following a dry crisp transparent air.
trouble may be expected il a very short time.
CoNTEssA STRozzI is of the annual pill
grims to Caprera. She is the remarkable woman
who since 184S accomp anied Garibaldi in all his
campaigns. She is ono OF the few who, after
the glorious battles at Rome in 1848 followed
the hunted lion through the mountains and for
ests of Umbra to Ravenna she helped to nurse
and bury the American washerwoman. the
mother Of Garbaldis children, who in hun
dred common dangers had become more closely
united to the of the Nice fisherman than by
the blessing of the priest. She went before tbs
Thousand" and prepared the soil for them at
Palermo Contessa Strozz belongs to an old
arlstocratic family and was born at Rome: The
yellow wrinkled face of the little old woman
has the expression of undaunted energy. and
her eyes shine with the fire Of youth when she